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Lynda Barry: A Comic Exercise in Building Character
Create Your Characters and Build Their World in Less Than an Hour
By
Lynda Barry
| December 19, 2019
Tight Breeches and Loose Gowns: Going Deep on the Fashion of Jane Austen
Hilary Davidson Takes Us Through Regency Style
By
Hilary Davidson
| December 10, 2019
Luke Bird on Channeling the 1980s for the Cover of
The Prettiest Star
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Luke Bird
| December 9, 2019
Sometimes You Have to Build the Book Cover in Your Living Room
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Humiliation
By
Nicole Caputo
| November 26, 2019
The 78 Best Book Covers of 2019
As Chosen by the Experts, the Designers Themselves
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Emily Temple
| November 25, 2019
The 10 Best Book Covers of November
The Lushest of the Lush
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Emily Temple
| November 22, 2019
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Lizabeth Cohen
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Why We Feel So Compelled to Make Maps of Fictional Worlds
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Lev Grossman
| October 2, 2019
Head over to
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Jonny Diamond
| October 1, 2019
The 11 Best Book Covers of September
All Your Back-to-School Accessorizing, Handled
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Emily Temple
| September 27, 2019
A Brief History of Personalized Bookplates
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Princeton Architectural Press
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Misguided Chivalry, Disastrous Dates, and Other Cartoons
Liana Finck Draws Some Conclusions About Love
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Liana Finck
| September 24, 2019
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William J. Mann on Rumors, the Press, and the Black Dahlia Murder's Enigmatic Players
January 27, 2026
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William J. Mann
Val McDermid on Why She Starts New Novels in January
January 27, 2026
by
Val McDermid
How Agatha Christie Played the "Game-within-the-Game" in 'The Murder of Roger Ackroyd'
January 27, 2026
by
John Curran
The Best Reviewed Books of the Week
"Slim and stark Barnes s prose is largely stripped bare it resembles a tall ship…"